TX GOP Gets Last Laugh As State Supreme Court Reverses Decision By Liberal Judge Who Tried to Block Arrests of Fugitive Dems Who Returned to State

Texas Republicans got the last laugh today after the Texas Supreme Court reversed a decision by a liberal judge in a lower court to block them from being able to arrest or detain lawmakers who refusing to show up to vote.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s spokeswoman Renae Eze said of the decision, “The Supreme Court of Texas swiftly rejected this dangerous attempt by Texas Democrats to undermine our Constitution and avoid doing the job they were elected to do.”

Dem State Rep James Talarico tweeted out a smiling picture of himself yesterday and declared, “I’m home!”

“Our quorum break shined a national spotlight on the TX voter suppression bill and pushed Congress closer to passing a federal voting rights act to override it. I’m confident they will,” Talarico insisted.

Talarico then took a shot at the governor and added, “Now I’m back to clean up Greg Abbott’s latest messes from COVID to ERCOT.”

Libertarian-Republican radio host Kenny Webster quote tweeted Talarico and noted, “This dork is laughing in the faces of @GregAbbott_TX & @DadePhelan and he’s getting away with it.”

Webster then asked, “Are Texas Republican leaders gonna do something or not?”

This dork is laughing in the faces of @GregAbbott_TX & @DadePhelan and he’s getting away with it. Are Texas Republican leaders gonna do something or not? https://t.co/nrZA9VRuzy

— Kenny Webster (@KenWebsterII) August 10, 2021

It remains unclear if Abbott and House Republicans will, in fact, issue any arrests as they have yet to do so for the current special session.

The AP reported:

State Rep. Vikki Goodwin, who returned to Texas this week, said she and fellow Democrats have consistently agreed in daily check-ins that they “are committed to quorum break at this time.” She said those who returned did so for personal, professional and political reasons, including helping their districts through COVID-19 surges.

Democratic state Rep. Celia Israel was also back in Austin and said “there is no way” she will return to the Texas House. On Tuesday, she delivered doughnuts to teachers and met with constituents.

“Every day that we can not be on the floor doing business according to Gov. Abbott’s agenda is a good day,” Israel said.